Biology:Benacus (bug)

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Short description: Genus of true bugs


Benacus
Benacus griseus.jpg
Benacus griseus
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Benacus

Stål, 1861
Species

B. griseus

Synonyms

Lethocerus (Benacus)

Benacus is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae.[1][2][3] Benacus is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, B. griseus, which is found in North America.[1][4][5] Benacus was formerly considered a subgenus of Lethocerus.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Benacus Report". https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=103703. Retrieved 2020-12-19. 
  2. Ribeiro, Jose Ricardo I.; Ohba, Shin-Ya; Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique; Stefanello, Fabiano; Bu, Wenjun Bu; Meyin-A-Ebong, Solange E.; Guilbert, Eric (2017). "Phylogenetic analysis and revision of subfamily classification of Belostomatidae genera (Insecta: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182 (2): 319-359. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx041. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320187417. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Perez-Godwyn, P.J. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Luach & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) 695: 1-71. 
  4. Menke, A.S. (1963). "A review of the genus Lethocerus in North and Central America, including the West Indies (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56 (3): 261-267. doi:10.1093/aesa/56.3.261. 
  5. Epler, John H. (January 10, 2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/heteroptera.pdf. 


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